Saturday, January 31, 2015

ISIL Blames U.S. Airstrikes for Loss of Kobane

The
Islamic State today acknowledged that its fighters have been defeated in Syrian
Kurdish town of Kobane, and blamed U.S.-led coalition airstrikes for its
defeat.

“A while
ago we retreated a bit from Ayn al-Islam (Kobane) because of the bombardment
and the killing of some brothers,” an ISIL fighter told the Associated Press. “The Islamic State
will stay. Say that to Obama.” (AP, 31 January)

Another
ISIL fighter complained, “The warplanes were bombarding us night and day. They
bombarded everything, even motorcycles.”

ISIL
fighters said they would continue their fight against the Kurdish militia YPG,
the main defenders of Kobane.

ISIL
launched its offensive on the Kobane region in mid-September, occupying some
300 villages and large parts of the city. More than 1,000 of its fighters were
killed as a result of still Kurdish resistance and U.S.-led coalition
airstrikes.

More than
200,000 Kurds were forced from their homes. Many fled to neighboring Turkey.Photo
credit: Kobane refugee children playing outside their tent in the Turkish
border town of Suruc; 30 January 2015 (Emrah Gurel/AP)

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